St Louis College of Pharmacy - Prescripto Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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1933 PRESCIQIPTO . . . . . .A.S.S The Bachelor of Science Degree HARMACY has attained a higher professional plane than was ever antici- pated before in this country. As a result, opportunities in the profession have become more extensive, and the number of young men and women attracted to it is naturally increasing. Higher educational standards have resulted in increasing the reputation of the pharamcist in his community, so that he is now regarded as a trustworthy consultant regarding scientific matters and questions pertaining to hygiene and public health. The St. Louis College of Pharmacy being fully cognizant of the responsi- bilities placed upon the pharmacist of today now offers a course of four years at the end of which the degree of Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy is awarded. The extra year consisting of instruction in bacteriology, English, German, mathematics, physics, and public health will distinctly raise the standard of the graduate, culturally as well as professionally. The educational purpose of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy is, of course, primarily professional, but realizing that the complicated and unlimited prob- lerns confronting the present-day retail druggist deserve adequate considera- tion, it has oifered, in addition to the professional Work, courses both cultural and those related to business in the drug store. This year's freshman class can boast the distinction of being the first class to enter the St. Louis College of Pharmacy under the new curriculum. At the termination of their four-year course, they will possess as thorough a cultural and pharmaceutical education as has ever been offered students of pharamcy. Page Forty-Five

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f.lQ.E.S.H.M.A.N . . Officers CHARLES F. BOESEL. .............A.,.,,,..............,........,,....,,.. ...........x,.....,,,,.. P resident CHARLES H. KISSEL ,,,,,,.,., ,............. V ice-President JOSEPH B. BITTLES ........... .....A....,,...... S ecretary EARL BEST ............,,.,............ .,....,,.vv................ T reasiwer ergeant-at-Arms WM. H. BLOEMKER.. The Freshman Class S WE entered this college last October, we did not think so many things could happen to us in a few short months. The knowledge acquired, the honors bestowed upon our most brilliant members, the joy and sadness to be shared by all did not mean anything to us at the time, now they have become realities. The Juniors, our hereditary enemies, were entirely different than we had supposed them to be. Instead of a collegiate restlessness, we found men industriously working for the emblem of one of the most ancient and honor- able professions. The freshman pranks we had rnischievously concocted were thrown aside for the more equitable coat of manhood. The energetic spirit which pervades the entire college seemed to Shake us out of the lethargy we, as freshmen, had the right to assume. Now, as we look back to those busy months, we wish to thank the college and its faculty for arousing us from that deadly state, and for the invaluable advice given to us. We are proud to be the first class to receive the degree of Bachelor of Science as class group, yet the proudness is somewhat modified by the thought that the time-honored Ph.G. is to go out of existence. As the end of this semester approaches, we look forward to the opening of next school-year, when we will have the opportunity to take our first regular class- work in pharmacy itself, and to therenewal of our freshman friendships. CHARLES F. BOESEL. Page Forty-Four

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f.lQ.E.S.l-1. .A.N . . S p o n s o r To the M embers of the Freshman Class: Page Forty-Six Quality, and not quantity, must be the standard of testing this years Freshman Class. For reasons beyond our control, the number of students matriculating last September is abnormally low. We hope that the new four- year standard was not responsible for this shrinkage. But, be that as it may, the few can make up in courage and honest endeavor what the class as a whole lacks in numbers. For, although several of the former graduates have availed themselves of the opportunity to complete the new four-year course, the real work of pioneering belongs to this year's freshmen. They really carry the fate of this plan in their hands, or, we should say, in their volitional and intellectual capacities. It will be their privilege, after graduation, to take a place in society, not only as professional pharmacists, but also as full-fledged college graduates. Of course, the academic rank of a college graduate has meaning only if the individual puts something into it. Every new venture, every additional spontaneous step taken in life, demands courage. The selection of a fitting life-work is no easy matter, espe- cially when the times are out of joint, as at present. The successful pharma- cist who would be a credit to his community must have at least two qualities: a high type of idealism, and serious scientific stamina. The good student brings a measure of both when he enters, the school tries to build on this foundation, helping where it can, so that a mind independent and strong, yet socially conditioned, will emerge at the end of four years, and not merely a robot with a sheet of parchment. We believe that the new class possesses a sufficient amount of these plastic assets to be a credit to the school and, in time, to the profession. WM. P. DALLMANN.